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NEW: City Council to consider cutting key committees (e.g. Arts and Culture, Renters, Older Persons and Elders) to silence citizens.

If City Hall doesn't work for citizens, then who does it work for? (hint: Ken's rich donors!)

council.vancouver.ca/20251209/doc...

The decision on the future of Carleton Elementary is coming back fast, join us in person Dec 17th 5pm at 1580 w Broadway - show up to support neighbourhood schools and transparent decision making. Your voice matters!

I thank folks for speaking up. I support community members and believe that they deserve to be part of their neighbourhood and city decisions. Their voices are important.

Thank you to @adriandix.bsky.social and Don Davies for speaking up alongside residents!

It’s not over yet.
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📣for their neighbourhood school back
📣to be able to walk/roll to school and childcare in their community
📣for a meeting about Carleton in their neighbourhood so that community members can talk more
📣open* and accurate data that reflects the density and transit-oriented development in the area
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Earlier this week the VSB held a meeting to hear from community members about the permanent closure of Carleton Elementary (6-acres of school land at Joyce/Kingsway). The school has been closed for 9 years…

Parents, grandparents, community members, and graduates asked:
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William for Vancouver I'm seeking the mayoral nomination with OneCity, to bring Vancouver the progressive leadership it needs.

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We can turn things around. But it will take serious leadership with the political will to invest in the housing and services we all need. 4 / 5

But today, building that good life is harder than it should be. Vancouver faces serious challenges: crumbling community centres, a housing crisis, and wealth inequality. 3 / 5

I care deeply about our city. I was born and raised here and I have always believed that this is a place where anyone, from anywhere, can come and build a good life. 2 / 5

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My ABC Council colleagues are vocal about pushing back on the Province downloading responsibilities onto the City, but last night they voted to build on public open space to make up for the education funding shortfall, squarely the responsibility of the Province.

CITY OF VANCOUVER 3. Rezoning: 1401-1455 East 49th Avenue Name In Favour In Opposition Declared Conflict Abstain VOTE No. 11136 Councillor Dominato Councillor Kirby-Yung Mayor Sim Councillor Bligh Councillor Fry Councillor Montague Councillor Klassen Councillor Meiszner Councillor Zhou Councillor Orr Councillor Maloney TOTAL 06 02 00 00 Ineligible 00 Absent 03

Tonight the ABC majority voted to build housing on part of Fleming Elementary’s school grounds saying their hands were tied by Vancouver School Board’s decision to divest school land to build rental housing despite an outcry from the community.

The timing of this video as I’m reflecting on the revolt at City Council against Sim’s budget cuts is just perfect.

Can’t wait to vote against all of ABC.

Graphic that says "Vancouver budget update: Road safety programs are at risk"

The 2026 Vancouver budget risks imposing cuts to road safety initiatives that we simply can't afford. With so few details being released, we call upon council to amend the budget to direct that essential transportation programs and staff be protected.

👉 More: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/12/2...

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Join OneCity as a member today so you can vote to select Vancouver’s next Mayor.

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Next year, Vancouver faces defining choices: Will we build affordable housing in every neighbourhood, or leave renters behind? Will we value city workers and pay them fairly, or capitulate to ABC’s brutal budget cuts?

BIG NEWS: OneCity is running for Mayor in 2026!

We’re officially launching our open Mayoral nomination contest and giving *you* a voice in who should lead our city.

Today we’re listening to staff reports first, then Counillors will have an opportunity to ask questions. Only after Councillors’ questions will we start listening to public speakers.

Despite Ken Sim trying to call our reporting "false" regarding the loss of Vancouver's sustainability department, city staff just confirmed under pressure from council that those jobs are not in fact safe in the budget, as it now stands.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the over 500 people who have signed up to speak to the budget and push back against Ken's Cuts.

(If you're busy tomorrow, sign up anyway. It is very likely that this will stretch through multiple days.)

Just 30 minutes left to sign up to oppose this budget.

Ken Sim is trying to gut the city in the hopes that you'll forget his dismal record. We can't let him get away with it.

SIGN UP TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

With everything going on these days, it’s easy to miss when local governments get up to some sketchy stuff.

Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!

Yes, really.

My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:

Vancouver has spent decades building up a now well-earned reputation for leadership on environmental sustainability.

Apparently, the mayor and ABC majority don't see the value in it.

Hard to imagine a better way to damage the city's brand.

ABC voting down R6. Approval of Capital Grant to B.C. Housing for 3077 Maddams Street (formerly 1405 East 15th Avenue and 3047-3071 Maddams Street)

2023: ABC refunds millions of dollars of Empty Homes Tax to developers

2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk

What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.

You'd think a Councillor with a record of cutting services and delaying action on safe streets would have the decency to at least live -near- the community he's damaging.

He makes the cuts. We'll live with the consequences.

In voting down this motion, Clr Montague indignantly claimed that the VPD "puts out a message telling drivers to avoid non-essential travel every year" and that to suggest otherwise is "outright false." Can anyone find evidence of this? Here's their PSA for this year:

Maybe the reason Brian Montague brought forward the amendment to kill this Halloween safe streets motion is that he's still recovering from the time children "intimidated" him with their climate change art.

vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/27/v...

We're incredibly disappointed in this outcome; this should have been an easy win for the safety of our children. Our response: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/10/29/h...

The party of public safety, everyone: